Speakers

Iron Maiden's frontman is also a commercial airline captain who built businesses in aviation and a global beer brand. Hear how he turns obsession into enterprise, and what a rock star knows about leadership, risk and reinvention that most founders learn the hard way.

Two Olympic golds and 15 world records, the latest at 6.31 m. Mondo has raised the bar centimetre by centimetre for years. His talk is a masterclass in compounding small gains, performing under pressure and staying hungry when you are already the best.

Johanna ran Call of Duty, one of the biggest entertainment franchises on the planet, before taking the helm at Blizzard, home of World of Warcraft, Diablo and Overwatch. Learn how to lead creative teams at massive scale and keep millions of players coming back.

ESA astronaut with two long missions on the ISS, and in 2022 the first European woman to command the station. She brings a rare view on decisions in extreme environments, teamwork across nations, and why space is one of Europe's most exciting tech frontiers.

Felix backs Europe's best founders at their earliest stage at Seedcamp, one of the continent's leading seed investors. A former founder himself, he knows both sides of the table. Come for a candid take on what makes an early-stage pitch stand out.

Emily co-founded Corgi in 2024, an AI-native insurer for startups that reached a valuation above $2.5B in about two years. One of the fastest company-building stories in tech right now. Hear how they did it, and what it takes to scale at that speed.

Pasqal builds neutral-atom quantum computers and went public on Nasdaq in 2026. Wasiq leads it from lab breakthroughs to paying customers, with systems already deployed in Europe and the Middle East. Hear when quantum stops being hype and starts creating business value.

As EU Commissioner for Startups, Research & Innovation, Ekaterina shapes the rules and funding Europe's founders live with, including the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy. A rare chance to hear straight from Brussels what is coming next for European tech.

Andrew leads brand at Vinted, Europe's second-hand fashion giant, and is behind its “New Again” brand platform rolled out across Europe. Learn how a marketplace built a brand people love, and how to make sustainability something people actually want to buy into.

Helena runs Epiroc, the Swedish leader in mining and infrastructure equipment, and is driving its push into automation and battery-electric machines. Hear how a global industrial reinvents itself with tech, and where startups fit into the green shift of heavy industry.